A web based debate between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump took place via X (Twitter). More attention was paid to the undeniable fact that the published was delayed by 42 minutes resulting from connection issues than to the content of the conversation.
The Verge reported on the thirteenth (local time) that the conversation between CEO Musk and former President Trump, which was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. the night before on X’s live streaming platform, X Space, began 42 minutes late resulting from technical issues.
This conversation was the primary event held after CEO Musk announced his support for former President Trump. It had been announced two weeks ago and attracted plenty of attention.
However the event didn’t start on time, and 18 minutes later, Musk claimed the issue was attributable to “X being the goal of a large DDoS attack.”
Nevertheless, The Verge identified that no other services on X had any issues, and quoted an insider saying, “There is a 99% likelihood Musk lied.”
Musk then revealed that the event had been tested to accommodate 8 million concurrent users ahead of the event. X announced that 915,000 people had gathered by the point the event began, and that the height concurrent users had exceeded 1.3 million.
The conversation that continued for 2 hours was conducted in an environment of mutual praise. Within the midst of this, former President Trump praised CEO Musk’s strong response to the strike, saying, “You might be the most effective cutter.”
The remarks sparked an instantaneous backlash from labor groups, with the United Auto Employees (UAWU) condemning them and endorsing their opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Meanwhile, CEO Musk has been accused of fanning the flames of the recent riots within the UK, after false information was spread via X that the perpetrator of the attack on a baby attending a dance lesson in a British city was an asylum seeker. CEO Musk also made racist remarks, saying that the riots were inevitable.
In response, EU Industry Chief Thierry Breton sent a warning message to X, saying that if it doesn’t block illegal content, it could face punishment in the long run. He added that this includes content related to the US presidential election, namely the Musk-Trump broadcast.
Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, called it “an unprecedented try to extend European law to American political activity.”
Reporter Im Dae-jun ydj@aitimes.com
